Global Applications Leader - Strategy & Delivery

Corden Pharma GmbH; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CordenPharma in Lisbon is seeking a Global Application Senior Manager who will take ownership of a portfolio of business-critical applications and ensure their performance, compliance, security, and continuous improvement across our global sites.

You will define roadmaps, lead evaluations and upgrades, coordinate validation, and partner with stakeholders, IT teams and vendors to support global growth in a regulated GMP environment.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in IT/CS/Engineering or related field.
• Experience managing enterprise laboratory and manufacturing applications in GMP environments.
• Proven experience leading IT projects and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as Global System Owner for multiple business-critical applications.
• Define and drive application roadmaps aligned with business and IT strategies.
• Lead application evaluations, upgrades, and global implementation projects.
• Drive process optimization, digitalization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure application governance, compliance, security, and regulatory alignment.
• Partner with business stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors to support global business growth.
• Administer and maintain multiple global applications.
• Ensure stable system performance via support, troubleshooting, and enhancements.
• Manage external service providers and outsourced support.
• Coordinate system upgrades, testing, validation, and deployment activities.
• Deliver user training and support key-user communities.
• Act as the main contact for suppliers, auditors, and local IT teams.
• Ensure qualification, validation, documentation, and audit readiness of assigned systems.

Skills

IT project leadership

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Communication skills

International collaboration

Education

Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ELN

Signals ELN

ChemDraw

MODDE

SOLO

Chromeleon

Job description

CordenPharma in Lisbon is seeking a Global Application Senior Manager who will take ownership of a portfolio of business-critical applications and ensure their performance, compliance, security, and continuous improvement across our global sites.

You will define roadmaps, lead evaluations and upgrades, coordinate validation, and partner with stakeholders, IT teams and vendors to support global growth in a regulated GMP environment.